Shipping device



Nov. 4, 1930. c. L. sNYDER 1,780,317

SHIPPING DEVICE Filed Feb. 2v, 1929 9 t// nl H 4 IN1/Egon i g cL/FFOHU L. CSA/Y 5R.

A ORNE YJ Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATESA PATENT- OFFICE CLIFFORD L.- SNYDEB, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB TO THE EVANS vAlI'TO LOAD- ING C0. INC,"A CORPORATION' 0F DELAWARE SHIPPING DEVICE Application led February 27, 1929. Seral No. 343,087.

It has been contemplated to provide devices in the floors of freight cars or the like to which securing members may be attached for securing motor vehicles or the like for shipment. The primary object/of this invention is to provide a simple and economical de- .vice which may be secured to the devices which are placed in the freight car ioors and may be permitted to remain yvith said devices, whether they are in use or not, but which will permit of ready attachment to vehicle hold-downs or the like when vehicles are being ship ed. Y

More speci cally, my invention contem` plates the provision, with a member secured to the freight car floor, of an attaching device which is adj ustably secured to said member and which provides ready means of attachment for a simple and economical holddown device. 4 -1 g With the abovek and other objects in view,

my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and construction of the various f parts of my improved device as described -in the specification, claimed in my claims and shown in the accompanying drawlngs, 1n

' which:

Fig- 1 is a transverse sectional yiew of a freight car door and side walls, showing one ance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in section and partly in elevation, showing a holddown attachment member embo'dyingmy invention, said member being shown in the lposition which it assumes when not in use.

Fig. 3 is a view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line lr-.4 of Fig. 3.

I have shown a car,l or housing construc.

tion comprising side wallsI 5 (and a floor 6. Tothe {ioor is secured, by bolts 8, channel cross-.member 7` which is adapted to act as a. portion of the means for securing to the floor of the car a vehicle to beshipped. The

channel member 7 is provided with a pair of spaced slots 9, through each of which a member 10 extends. Each member l0 is provided, adjacent one end with a cross iece l1, which lmay be formed integrally t eresa with, and which is rounded in form t9 P01'- end of a vehicle `mounted therein in accord-L mit oscillation of the member, while preventing dislocation thereof from its slot 9. Each member 10 is provided with a flat plate 12, secured thereto by'screws 13, so as to prevent the member 10 from falling downwardly through its slot 9. It will be readily understood that when assembling each member 10 to its channel 7, the plate 12 is removed and it is secured in place only after the member 10 has been extended 'from the under side of the channel 7 through the slot 9.

Each member 10 is provided with a plurality of apertures 14, in any of which a hook 15 may be secured. The upper end of the hook 15 may be secured in one half of a turnbuckle 16. The opposite end of the turnbuckle 16 may likewise be secured to a headed member 17, which has a cable 18 en aged in the eye 19 thereof. Turning of t e turnbuckle 16 will adjust the hold-down so formed 70 as may be desired. v

It will be readily understood that when vehicles arenot being shipped in the freight car, the members 10 may lie fiat on the channel members 7 so as to take uplittle room, render breakage/unlikely, and at the same time be instantly available for use when it is desired to -ship vehicles. It thus becomes necessary for the shipper to provide merely a held-down device, which device may be 'of lanvsimple and economical construction.

I desire it to` be understood that I have herein shown and described only one form of my invention and )that various changes may be made in the arrangement, combination and 'construction of the various parts of my improved device without departing from the spirit of my invention. VIt is my intention to cover by my claims'such changes as may be reasonably included within thejscope of my invention. V

What I claim is:

1. In combination, a su rtin' g floor a channel member secured to tpliiaooor andhzlving a slot therein, a second member secured( to the channel lmember through the slot, be'- ing movable along the slot, said second member being also movable to extend substantially vertical or substantially horizontal, as

desired,A and having means thereon for attachment of a vehicle hold-down. A

2. In combination, a supporting ioor, a channel member secured to the Hoor and having a slot therein, a second member secured to the channel member through the slot, being movable along the slot, said second mem-4 ber including a portion beneath the web of the channel and a portion extended through the slot to a point above the channel and having means for attachment to a vehicle holddown, said second member being movable in an are with the portion beneath the channel web as a pivot..

CLIFFORD L. SNYDER. 

